Where does “hiukkasilmaisin” come from?

hiukkasilmaisin (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilmaisin, from Finnish ilmaista, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

hiukkasilmaisin (Finnish): particle detector

Definitions

  1. particle detector

Ancestry of “hiukkasilmaisin”, step by step

hiukkasilmaisin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ilmaisin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishilmaisindetector, sensor; demodulator, decoder; indicator
2Finnishilmaistato express; to denote; to indicate, point out,...
3FinnishIlmaair
4Finnish-riUsed to create names of occupations from nouns or...
5Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
6Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
7Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish hiukkanen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiukkanenparticle; particle, corpuscle
2Finnishhiukkanugget, pinch
Every word from Proto-Uralic -jEvery word from Finnish -iEvery word from Finnish -ri